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Film · 10 connectionsA fading celebrity decides to use a black market drug, a cell-replicating substance that temporarily creates a younger, better version of herself.
Directed byCoralie Fargeat
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2023 · 93 min · Horror · Science Fiction
A lonely woman battles extraterrestrials who threaten her future while forcing her to face her past.
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2023 · 118 min · Horror · Science Fiction · Thriller
While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture outside the resort grounds and find themselves in a culture filled with violence, hedonism, and untold horror. A tragic accident leaves them facing a zero tolerance policy for crime: either you'll be executed, or, if you’re rich enough to afford it, you can watch yourself die instead.
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2020 · 107 min · Horror · Science Fiction
A journey into uncharted and forbidden territory through three tales tangled in space and time.
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2023 · 141 min · Comedy · Other · Science Fiction
Brought back to life by an unorthodox scientist, a young woman runs off with a lawyer on a whirlwind adventure across the continents. Free from the prejudices of her times, she grows steadfast in her purpose to stand for equality and liberation.
Genre overlap
2018 · 91 min · Horror
A mother of two inherits a home from her aunt. On the first night in the new home she is confronted with murderous intruders and fights for her daughters’ lives. Sixteen years later the daughters reunite at the house, and that is when things get strange...
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2024 · 97 min · Horror · Thriller
Nothing is what it seems when a twisted one-night stand spirals into a serial killer’s vicious murder spree.
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2024 · 98 min · Action · Horror · Science Fiction
When a troubled model takes a new drug at a party, she suffers a shocking transformation. Pursued by authorities and a dangerous gang, she hunts for a fix to reverse these effects, only to discover her mutations could save the human race.
Genre overlap
2018 · 119 min · Horror
A series of down-on-their-luck individuals enter the decrepit and spine-chilling Rialto theater, only to have their deepest and darkest fears brought to life on the silver screen by The Projectionist – a mysterious, ghostly figure who holds the nightmarish futures of all who attend his screenings.
Strong story similarity
2018 · 115 min · Drama · Mystery
An investigation into one woman’s memory as she‘s forced to re-examine her first sexual relationship and the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive.
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2022 · 107 min · Action · Comedy · Crime
Creatively unfulfilled and facing financial ruin, Nick Cage must accept a $1 million offer to attend the birthday of a dangerous superfan. Things take a wildly unexpected turn when Cage is recruited by a CIA operative and forced to live up to his own legend, channeling his most iconic and beloved on-screen characters in order to save himself and his loved ones.
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